Anchored near Juno Beach a troop ship passes HMCS TRENTONIAN, soldiers fill her upper decks, ready to land at Normandy on 7 June 1944. When the soldiers see TRENTONIAN’s maple leaf on her funnel they begin to cheer. The ship is carrying French Canadian troops destined for Juno Beach. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen E. Singleton, […]
CNAV Tillicum
RCN tugboat CFAV Tillicum in transit from CFB Esquimalt to Victoria, BC. on 15 Sept. 2019. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL04912) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and […]
Launching HMCS NAPANEE
HMCS NAPANEE creates a giant wave as she is launched at Kingston Shipbuilders on 31 August 1940. She is the first corvette built at Kingston for the war effort. As soon as she was clear, the keel of the second corvette, HMCS PRESCOTT was laid. Marking the first time in Canadian history that a ship […]
HMCS ATHABASKAN Sunrise
The first rays of the sun strike HMCS ATHABASKAN alongside in the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 5 September 2015. Roger Litwiller collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL53579) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom […]
Battleship COURBET
The Free French battleship COURBET off Sword Beach on 7 June 1944. The battleship was built in 1913. For the invasion of Normandy, it has been stripped and will be sunk as part of Gooseberry 5 at Sword Beach to form a breakwater to protect the small landing craft. Over sixty ships would be sunk […]
RCAF Silver Star
RCAF CT-133 Silver Star located at the Air Park at the Shearwater Aviation Museum on 6 December 2021. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL00644) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of […]
HMSub SEAWOLF with HMCS ACADIA
HMSub SEAWOLF N47 alongside HMCS ACADIA in 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Austin Chater, RCNVR/RCNR. (RTL-AC019) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your contribution […]
HMCS MONCTON
HMCS MONCTON anchored in Halifax Harbour on 7 July 2012. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL74919) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy me a Coffee!” Your […]
Chiefs and Petty Officers -HMCS TRENTONIAN
HMCS TRENTONIAN’s Chiefs and Petty Officers from all departments pose for a photo following an inspection by Rear-Admiral Fairbairn, RN (FOIC) Milford Haven, in October 1944. Left to Right, Front row: CPO Thomas Roberts, Coxswain, A/SPO William Walsh (Newport, NS), C/ERA Murray Angus (Smith Falls, ON), SPO Earl Bateman (Cobalt, ON) and A/PO Richard Medhurst […]
HMCS WINDSOR
HMCS WINDSOR undergoing maintenance at the RCN Dockyard in Halifax on 27 June 2010. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Roger Litwiller. (RTL-DSCF5733) If you enjoy the content I create and find value in the articles on this website, please feel free to click on the coffee icon on the bottom right of the webpage and “Buy […]